Pastor Matthew Best
1 min readJun 3, 2022

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Yes, except for #9. But I would say that it's not an all or nothing type of thing. I think fiction books will go all digital. But I'm not sure about all non-fiction. Non-fiction is often more specialized with information. For example I much rather prefer printed books when it comes to theological information. Part of this is because of my being a pastor and how I use the information and where I need to pull it from. Often I will remember there is something in a book I read, remember the cover, and remember about how far in the book the reference was, but not remember specifics (which means I could not do a search because I don't have the words to search). But a physical book is something I held in my hand and I remember how along in the book it was. That all may sound crazy, but it's what works for me. I have colleague who prefer physical books on specific subjects for their own crazy reasons too. But as far as fiction and other types of non-fiction that aren't related to my work, I can totally see them completely shifting digital. I hope that make sense.

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Pastor Matthew Best
Pastor Matthew Best

Written by Pastor Matthew Best

My name is Matthew Best. I’m an ELCA (Lutheran) pastor who attempts to translate church and churchy stuff into everyday language.

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